Piazza Missori
Piazza Missori
3.5
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Neighbourhood: Centro Storico
The pulsating core of Milan is in Centro. Duomo Square is enclosed by the gothic cathedral, the historic icon of Milan. However, shopping is what draws most crowds to this area. The classy and versatile Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with luxury boutiques and high quality restaurants will turn any shopping or lunch expedition into a royal experience. Head to the rooftop of the flagship La Rinascente to enjoy the view of the animated square with a panorama of the Duomo. The Corso Vittorio Emanuele II is the street for high-end shopping. Brands of all kinds and street artists attract the attention of all visitors; while at Via Santa Radegonda 16, Luini Panzerotti is a much appreciated street food shop providing unimaginable culinary experiences. If shopping takes its toll on you, consider visiting Castello Sforzesco, a 15th century castle housing several museums. Those looking to relax can go to Parco Sempione, where nature provides respite from the energy of this dynamic and international city.
How to get there
- Missori • 2 min walk
- Duomo • 5 min walk
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Stefano91
Milan, Italy93,323 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
I passed through it yesterday to reach the nearby church of Sant'Alessandro and, like all the countless times I have passed by here, I couldn't help but notice how it is a large open space on which important traffic routes are located, including tram lines. .
Yet some buildings that overlook it are worthy of note.
Yet some buildings that overlook it are worthy of note.
Written 14 December 2023
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Borzov
Rijeka, Croatia5,290 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
The square is not as attractive and popular as are some other places in the city, but it is still worth visiting if you are in the neighborhood. It is named after Giuseppe Missori, one of the most important figures of the Second War of Independence, whose equestrian statue stands at the square. While the horseman pose is victorious and proud, the horse looks tired and worn down from all those battles and travels.
Written 25 September 2017
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Chris F
Ipswich, Australia3,796 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
The hotel we stayed in fronted onto this piazza. It is named after Guiseppe Missori of whom a statue sits in the piazza. The hotel Dei Cavalieri is the major building that sits on the edge of the piazza. Also of interest in front of the Dei Cavalieri hotel are the remains of an 11th century church under which is the crypt of the church which can be visited
Written 4 February 2017
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Aleksandar
Belgrade, Serbia8,213 contributions
Sept 2018 • Couples
Ok square with more than usual modern buildings and a nice statue. A lot of traffic since trams go there.
Written 15 January 2019
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yegor_b
Minsk, Belarus3,377 contributions
Apr 2017 • Friends
A square in honour of one of the most important figures of Italian Wars of Independence. The place has irregular shape, so it looks different at least.
Written 3 May 2017
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Stefano91
Milan, Italy93,323 contributions
June 2024 • Couples
I passed there once again a couple of days ago and I noticed, like every time I pass there, that more than a square it is a large heterogeneous open space, practically a crossroads of streets and tram lines.
It's a shame, because some buildings are worthy of interest, as are the few remains of the church of San Giovanni in Conca, with the underground crypt.
It's a shame, because some buildings are worthy of interest, as are the few remains of the church of San Giovanni in Conca, with the underground crypt.
Written 16 June 2024
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fi_decorso
Milan, Italy69,205 contributions
June 2024 • Solo
For a few decades I have been passing by here several times a week and therefore I have now become accustomed to this confused and disorderly scenario, where the architecture of various centuries has found itself coexisting without a minimum of logic and aesthetic sense on the part of urban planners and the like. If we consider the ruins of the church of San Giovanni in Conca with the paleo-Christian crypt underneath (IV-V centuries), it can be said that this place tells a story spanning sixteen hundred years and more, represented only in a small part by the buildings that surround it.
If we look carefully, however, the entire space defined in this way and mostly intended for vehicular traffic should not be considered as a real square, but rather only the area surrounding the monument to Giuseppe Missori, i.e. the triangle between Corso Italia - better yet Via Zebedia - and via Unione and via Mazzini.
The buildings present in it appear very heterogeneous. The church already mentioned, or rather what remains of it, took on an almost definitive appearance in the 13th century, later becoming the mausoleum of the Viscontis, so much so that in 1385 Bernabò was buried there, in the valuable funerary monument sculpted by Bonino da Campione and today preserved in the Civic Castle Art Collections. Bernabò Visconti, who also enjoyed a very bad reputation, lived where today stands the Albergo dei Cavalieri, which is called that by no coincidence and which features various celebratory bas-reliefs on the facades. The church - positioned transversally with respect to the current square (its perimeter is reproduced in the pavement) - was partly demolished in 1879 for the opening of Via Mazzini, and definitively in 1949, the same year as the construction of the aforementioned hotel by Emilio Lancia .
The former Collegio di Sant'Alessandro, later the Liceo Classico Cesare Beccaria, dates back to the seventeenth century and overlooks the square with a long brick façade and a low portal. Other noteworthy buildings are the so-called Palazzo INPS and Palazzo Missori, both built by Marcello Piacentini in 1929-31 and 1933-38 respectively, and the large house on the corner with Via Gonzaga, designed by Giovanni Muzio from 1950-52. Although not part of the square (in fact it belongs to Corso Italia and Corso di Porta Romana) the imposing Palazzo Meroni should also be considered, a singular eclectic-Liberty building built in 1914-24 by Cesare Penati and Cesare Tenca, which scenographically overlooks the square characterizing it in an unmistakable way. Finally, it would be ungenerous not to remember Giuseppe Missori, patriot, Garibaldi general and politician, who proudly observes the square named after him from the top of the beautiful equestrian monument created by Riccardo Ripamonti and located in an area redeveloped for Expo 2015.
Ultimately: the square is rather chaotic and far from beautiful, even unpleasant to cross. And perhaps it isn't even a square or is only partially one. I don't even know if and how it could really be improved. It's Piazza Missori...
If we look carefully, however, the entire space defined in this way and mostly intended for vehicular traffic should not be considered as a real square, but rather only the area surrounding the monument to Giuseppe Missori, i.e. the triangle between Corso Italia - better yet Via Zebedia - and via Unione and via Mazzini.
The buildings present in it appear very heterogeneous. The church already mentioned, or rather what remains of it, took on an almost definitive appearance in the 13th century, later becoming the mausoleum of the Viscontis, so much so that in 1385 Bernabò was buried there, in the valuable funerary monument sculpted by Bonino da Campione and today preserved in the Civic Castle Art Collections. Bernabò Visconti, who also enjoyed a very bad reputation, lived where today stands the Albergo dei Cavalieri, which is called that by no coincidence and which features various celebratory bas-reliefs on the facades. The church - positioned transversally with respect to the current square (its perimeter is reproduced in the pavement) - was partly demolished in 1879 for the opening of Via Mazzini, and definitively in 1949, the same year as the construction of the aforementioned hotel by Emilio Lancia .
The former Collegio di Sant'Alessandro, later the Liceo Classico Cesare Beccaria, dates back to the seventeenth century and overlooks the square with a long brick façade and a low portal. Other noteworthy buildings are the so-called Palazzo INPS and Palazzo Missori, both built by Marcello Piacentini in 1929-31 and 1933-38 respectively, and the large house on the corner with Via Gonzaga, designed by Giovanni Muzio from 1950-52. Although not part of the square (in fact it belongs to Corso Italia and Corso di Porta Romana) the imposing Palazzo Meroni should also be considered, a singular eclectic-Liberty building built in 1914-24 by Cesare Penati and Cesare Tenca, which scenographically overlooks the square characterizing it in an unmistakable way. Finally, it would be ungenerous not to remember Giuseppe Missori, patriot, Garibaldi general and politician, who proudly observes the square named after him from the top of the beautiful equestrian monument created by Riccardo Ripamonti and located in an area redeveloped for Expo 2015.
Ultimately: the square is rather chaotic and far from beautiful, even unpleasant to cross. And perhaps it isn't even a square or is only partially one. I don't even know if and how it could really be improved. It's Piazza Missori...
Written 13 June 2024
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